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  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_007.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_028.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_022.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_021.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. In the background is Chora (Naxos town) which has been continuously inhabited for over 5000 years and is undoubtedly one of the most attractive and historical towns in the Cyclades.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_017.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_015.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. In the background is Chora (Naxos town) which has been continuously inhabited for over 5000 years and is undoubtedly one of the most attractive and historical towns in the Cyclades.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_002.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_027.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_026.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_024.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_025.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_023.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_018.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_014.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_013.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. In the background is Chora (Naxos town) which has been continuously inhabited for over 5000 years and is undoubtedly one of the most attractive and historical towns in the Cyclades.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_012.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_011.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_009.tif
  • People watching the sunset over the Mediterranean Sea from the area around the Temple of Apollo. Naxos. Cyclades, Greece.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_008.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. In the background is Chora (Naxos town) which has been continuously inhabited for over 5000 years and is undoubtedly one of the most attractive and historical towns in the Cyclades.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_006.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View of the marble sculpture of Ariadne by German Wolf Broll . In the background is the landmark marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_005.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_001.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. In the background is Chora (Naxos town) which has been continuously inhabited for over 5000 years and is undoubtedly one of the most attractive and historical towns in the Cyclades.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_003.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View at sunset of the towering marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_020.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View of the marble sculpture of Ariadne by German Wolf Broll . In the background is the landmark marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_019.tif
  • Naxos. Cyclades. Greece. View the towering gleaming marble Gateway of the unfinished 6th BC Temple of Apollo on Naxos island. The gateway’s roots, like those of Naxos lay deep in mythology; Locals believe it to be portal of the palace of Ariadne, the lover of legendary hero Thesues who abandoned her here after she helped him escape the Minotaur of Crete. Legend has it that she then took solace in the arms of Dionysus, Greek god of the vine and protector of Naxos.
    Greece_Naxos_Apollo_Temple_010.tif
  • Delphi. Greece. View of the six re-erected columns of the Temple of Apollo. The Temple of Apollo is the most important building of Delphi and had been rebuilt a number of times in ancient times. The existing ruins belong to the 4th century BC Temple of Apollo which was the last rebuild of the Temple. The temple was the usual Doric peripteral hexastyle and originally had 6 columns at each end and 15 columns at each side. The walls of the pronaos had inscriptions of famous quotations from the seven sages of Ancient Greece, such as “know Thyself and ‘Nothing in Excess”. The interior included the inner sanctum or Adyton, which was a sunken area of the temple where the oracles were given by the Priestess.
    Greece_Delphi_030.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  On the right is the monumental altar of Apollo which is front of the Temple of Apollo on the left. Dating from the 6th century, the Altar was built with white marble slabs over a limestone base and was used for Religious rites, including animal sacrifices. In the centre, closer to the Temple of Apollo is the semi circular Fountain of Cyrene or Nymphaeum, which has the column of Pratomedes in its centre and had marble lions on either side.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_006.tif
  • Delphi. Greece. View over the Temple of Apollo towards the stunning landscape of the Pleistos valley with its sea of olive trees. The Temple of Apollo is the most important building of Delphi and had been rebuilt a number of times in ancient times. The existing ruins belong to the 4th century BC Temple of Apollo which was the last rebuild of the Temple. The temple has six re-erected columns and originally had 6 Doric columns at each end and 15 Doric columns at each side. The walls of the pronaos had inscriptions of famous quotations from the seven sages of Ancient Greece, such as “know Thyself and ‘Nothing in Excess”. The interior included the inner sanctum or Adyton, which was a sunken area of the temple where the oracles were given by the Priestess.
    Greece_Delphi_003.tif
  • Delphi. Greece. View over the Temple of Apollo towards the stunning landscape of the Pleistos valley with its sea of olive trees. The Temple of Apollo is the most important building of Delphi and had been rebuilt a number of times in ancient times. The existing ruins belong to the 4th century BC Temple of Apollo which was the last rebuild of the Temple. The temple has six re-erected columns and originally had 6 Doric columns at each end and 15 Doric columns at each side. The walls of the pronaos had inscriptions of famous quotations from the seven sages of Ancient Greece, such as “know Thyself and ‘Nothing in Excess”. The interior included the inner sanctum or Adyton, which was a sunken area of the temple where the oracles were given by the Priestess.
    Greece_Delphi_033.tif
  • Delphi. Greece. View of the six re-erected columns of the Temple of Apollo. The Temple of Apollo is the most important building of Delphi and had been rebuilt a number of times in ancient times. The existing ruins belong to the 4th century BC Temple of Apollo which was the last rebuild of the Temple. The temple was the usual Doric peripteral hexastyle and originally had 6 columns at each end and 15 columns at each side. The walls of the pronaos had inscriptions of famous quotations from the seven sages of Ancient Greece, such as “know Thyself and ‘Nothing in Excess”. The interior included the inner sanctum or Adyton, which was a sunken area of the temple where the oracles were given by the Priestess.
    Greece_Delphi_029.tif
  • Delphi. Greece. View of the square in front of the Temple of Apollo and the stone ramp to the pronaos. The Temple of Apollo is the most important building of Delphi and had been rebuilt a number of times in ancient times. The existing ruins belong to the 4th century BC Temple of Apollo which was the last rebuild of the Temple. The temple has six re-erected columns and is the usual Doric peripteral hexastyle and originally had 6 columns at each end and 15 columns at each side. The walls of the pronaos had inscriptions of famous quotations from the seven sages of Ancient Greece, such as “know Thyself and ‘Nothing in Excess”. The interior included the inner sanctum or Adyton, which was a sunken area of the temple where the oracles were given by the Priestess.
    Greece_Delphi_011.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  On the right is the monumental altar of Apollo which is front of the Temple of Apollo on the left. Dating from the 6th century, the Altar was built with white marble slabs over a limestone base and was used for Religious rites, including animal sacrifices. In the centre, closer to the Temple of Apollo is the semi circular Fountain of Cyrene or Nymphaeum, which has the column of Pratomedes in its centre and had marble lions on either side.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_005.tif
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_042.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. View from the bottom is the Doric Temple of Apollo and Artemis dating from the Hellenistic Period. The cella has a fine floor mosaic. Middle temple is of Ionic order and is the smallest, it dates from the 4th century BC. The upper Temple is the largest and is dedicated to Leto, it is of Ionic order and dates from the 3rd century BC. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis.
    Turkey_Letoon_041.jpg
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_057.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_002.tif
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_041.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_040.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_031.jpg
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View at the Sanctuary of Apollo of the Temple of Apollo which incorporates the remains of three successive buildings. The original Temple was built during the 6th century and then rebuilt again in the 4th century BC. The third and last restoration of the temple took place after the Jewish revolt in AD 115-117 and what seen now is a Roman building in the Greek Doric style temple without the typically fluted columns of Greek Temples.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_013.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View at the Sanctuary of Apollo of the Temple of Apollo which incorporates the remains of three successive buildings. The original Temple was built during the 6th century and then rebuilt again in the 4th century BC. The third and last restoration of the temple took place after the Jewish revolt in AD 115-117 and what seen now is a Roman building in the Greek Doric style temple without the typically fluted columns of Greek Temples.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_015.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_004.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_032.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_005.tif
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_048.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_038.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_037.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_036.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_035.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_034.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_033.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_032.jpg
  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
    Greece_Kos_Asklepion_030.jpg
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_046.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_033.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View at the Sanctuary of Apollo of the Temple of Apollo which incorporates the remains of three successive buildings. The original Temple was built during the 6th century and then rebuilt again in the 4th century BC. The third and last restoration of the temple took place after the Jewish revolt in AD 115-117 and what seen now is a Roman building in the Greek Doric style temple without the typically fluted columns of Greek Temples.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_014.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the monumental altar of Apollo which runs firm north to south in front of the Temple of Apollo. Dating from the 6th century, the Altar was built with white marble slabs over a limestone base and was used for Religious rites, including animal sacrifices. Beside it on the right is the semi circular Fountain of Cyrene or Nymphaeum, which has the column of Pratomedes in its centre and had marble lions on either side.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_008.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_003.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_002.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_001.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_056.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_047.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the Sanctuary of Apollo of the Temple of Apollo which incorporates the remains of three successive buildings. The original Temple was built during the 6th century and then rebuilt again in the 4th century BC. The third and last restoration of the temple took place after the Jewish revolt in AD 115-117 and what seen now is a Roman building in the Greek Doric style temple without the typically fluted columns of Greek Temples. To the rights is the Temple of Artemis which dates from the late 7th or early 6th century BC.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_017.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View at the Sanctuary of Apollo of the Temple of Apollo which incorporates the remains of three successive buildings. The original Temple was built during the 6th century and then rebuilt again in the 4th century BC. The third and last restoration of the temple took place after the Jewish revolt in AD 115-117 and what seen now is a Roman building in the Greek Doric style temple without the typically fluted columns of Greek Temples
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_007.tif
  • Letoon. Turkey. View from the bottom is the Doric Temple of Apollo and Artemis dating from the Hellenistic Period. The cella has a fine floor mosaic. Middle temple is of Ionic order and is the smallest, it dates from the 4th century BC. The upper Temple is the largest and is dedicated to Leto, it is of Ionic order and dates from the 3rd century BC. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Letoon. Turkey. The fine mosaic on the cella floor of the Temple of Apollo and Artemis. The mosaic is depicting a lyre, a bow and quiver. The Temple dates from the Hellenistic period. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Marble column drums and other fragments of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The temple is part of the Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma which was one of the most evocative and sacred of classical sites. Its oracle was famous with pilgrims throughout ancient world and was second in importance only to Delphi.
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  • The Temple of Apollo. This image was captured at Asklepieion, the sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing and son of Apollo. It lays 3.5 kilometers north-west of Kos Town and stands on the slopes of a low hill and enjoys a superb view over the sea and the coast of Asia Minor (Turkey) opposite.
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  • Letoon. Turkey. The fine mosaic on the cella floor of the Temple of Apollo and Artemis. The mosaic is depicting a lyre, a bow and quiver. The Temple dates from the Hellenistic period. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_051.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. The fine mosaic on the cella floor of the Temple of Apollo and Artemis. The mosaic is depicting a lyre, a bow and quiver. The Temple dates from the Hellenistic period. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_052.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. The fine mosaic on the cella floor of the Temple of Apollo and Artemis. The mosaic is depicting a lyre, a bow and quiver. The Temple dates from the Hellenistic period. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_050.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. The fine mosaic on the cella floor of the Temple of Apollo and Artemis. The mosaic is depicting a lyre, a bow and quiver. The Temple dates from the Hellenistic period. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_048.jpg
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Greek theatre / Roman Amphitheatre situated at the western end of the Sanctuary of Apollo terrace.  Built by the Greeks in the 6th century BC, the theatre was brilliantly constructed by using the breathtaking landscape as part of the scene backdrop and carving seats into the cliff. The theatre was converted by the Romans in the 2nd century AD into an amphitheatre and was used for gladiatorial combats and spectacles involving the use of wild animals.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Medusa head which was part of a frieze on the architrave of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the monumental Greek Propylea with its four lofty Doric columns which was built in the 4th century BC and marked the entrance to the Sanctuary of Apollo. is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
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  • Cyrene. Libya.  Archaeologists working on a building probably a Temple on an interestingly diagonal alignment. In the background are the standing unfluted columns of the Temple of Apollo.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of a headless marble sculpture of female figure beautifully draped with the unfluted columns of the Temple of Apollo behind it.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Fountain of Cyrene or Nymphaeum and the unfluted columns of the Temple of Apollo. The fountain of Cyrene is a semi circular construction surmounted by a statue of the nymph strangling a lion and has the 4th century BC column of Pratomedes in its centre and marble lions on either side.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the ancient Greek stone inscription at the Sanctuary of Apollo
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  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble lion that once adorned the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Vaulted corridor entrance that leads to the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_043.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from hall of two columns (hall of the Oracle) of two columns of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_036.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Stairway to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_029.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Stairway to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. The massive south walls and an unfluted lone column of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_013.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_012.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and two marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_011.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_004.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_001.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of a headless marble sculpture of female figure beautifully draped with the unfluted columns of the Temple of Apollo behind it.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_045.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the monumental Greek Propylea with its four lofty Doric columns which was built in the 4th century BC and marked the entrance to the Sanctuary of Apollo. is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_043.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View of the restored Strategheion which was constructed in the 4th century BC by three Cyrenean generals (Strateghori) and was dedicated to Apollo. It is believed the building was used as a treasury.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the lintel of the Strategheion which was constructed in the 4th century BC by three Cyrenean generals (Strateghori) and was dedicated to Apollo. It is believed the building was used as a treasury.
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  • Cyrene. Libya.  View of the restored Strategheion which was constructed in the 4th century BC by three Cyrenean generals (Strateghori) and was dedicated to Apollo. It is believed the building was used as a treasury.
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